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SpaceX can keep launching for Air Force after lost satellite

The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lights up the sky. Photo: George Rose / Getty Images

Two weeks after the loss of a multi-billion dollar satellite, the U.S. Air Force has decided to let Elon Musk's SpaceX keep its certification for military missions, Bloomberg reports. The Air Force echoed SpaceX's statement that its Falcon 9 rocket “did everything correctly” on the classified mission that led to the satellite's disappearance.

The big picture: SpaceX gets to keep its contracts with the government, which totaled $70 billion and continues through 2030, per Bloomberg.

Protesters gather north of Lafayette Square near the White House during a demonstration against racism and police brutality, in Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening. Photo: Jose Luis Magana/AFP via Getty Images

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have been rallying in cities across the U.S. and around the world to protest the killing of George Floyd. Huge crowds assembled in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Chicago for full-day events on Saturday.